Cell Phone Timeline By Jernisha Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Feb 20, 2014 Cell Phone Timeline Feb 20, 1921 Detroit Police Department was first to use mobile radios in cars Feb 20, 1934 Moblie radios become more common among the general public Feb 20, 1945 First moblie service opened in St. Louis Feb 20, 1956 Car service attempt made and is successful Feb 20, 1971 AT & T uses the term "cell" first Feb 20, 1973 Dr. Martin Cooper invented the first cell phone and made the first moblie call Feb 20, 1983 Cell phone is released to the general public Feb 20, 1989 Flip phone in introduced and is produced by motorola Feb 20, 1993 European developers figured out how to send texts and text messaging was born Feb 20, 2002 The smart phone and the camera phone are created Feb 20, 2007 Apple releases Iphone Feb 20, 2012 The iphone 5 and galaxy s3 were released to the public
